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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by farmerstan on Saturday February 19, 2022 @12:11PM (#30398621)
There was no such thing as income taxes until world war 1. So taxes increased ridiculously for 50 years and have been decreasing, as it should, ever since. I believe in paying taxes but not to my own detriment. I pay more than my fair share.
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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty by ac29 on Saturday February 19, 2022 @04:07PM (#30400534)
> There was no such thing as income taxes until world war 1

Federal income tax goes back at least as far as 1861: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1861

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